Weekly world news quiz

It's the end of another week... Just how much do you remember about the headlines from the past seven days?

Test your knowledge of world news events in our quiz.

When you've got your result, why not e-mail the quiz to your friends to see how they measure up?

Question 1

Who has bought the house in Johannesburg where Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi lived from 1907?

	A: A great granddaughter

	B: A French tourism company

	C: South Africa's Ministry of Arts and Culture

Question 2

What did UK Energy and Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband do after a Russian woman claiming to be his long-lost relative contacted him during a Moscow phone-in?

	A: He rang his mother

	B: He got his aides to Google her name

	C: He asked the radio station to send a taxi to bring the woman to the studio

Question 3

What did we learn about the Sauropod dinosaur this week?

	A: It is much bigger than previously thought

	B: It is an omnivore

	C: It has the biggest feet in the known dinosaur world

Question 4

Who expressed regret at agreeing to take part in a TV show this week?

	A: Harry Connick Jnr, who judged an Australian variety show

	B: Whitney Houston, who is set to appear as a guest on the X Factor

	C: Barack Obama, who had been asked to appear on the Simpsons

Question 5

In France this week, a certain website crashed on its launch day due to the number of users trying to access it at the same time. Who or what did it feature?

	A: A hit song about the French national football team's manager Raymond Domenech

	B: French First Lady Carla Bruni and her charity work

	C: Sumo the Maltese terrier, which ex-President Jacques Chirac was forced to give away after it bit him for a third time

Question 6

In an attempt to balance its budget, the Cuban government is planning to do away with daily handouts of what?

	A: Meals

	B: Cigars

	C: Medicine

Question 7

A colossal new ring has been identified around the planet Saturn. Which of the following is the discovery thought to explain?

	A: The distinctive two-tone colouring of one of Saturn's moons

	B: Why Saturn is composed mainly of hydrogen

	C: Why its orbit around the Sun is so slow in comparison to Earth's

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